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I love the Firehouse buckets. I probably have 20 of them for odds and ends. Some to store lump, some for tools, etc. The only issue is when I pick them up at lunch and leave them in my car in the 100-degree summer. My car smells like pickles for weeks after that. lol I used a big storage bin for my failed attempt.

I might have to try those gutters! I tried a large self-watering bin for tomatoes 2 summers ago and 2 plants resulted in 0 usable tomatoes. I need to figure out something. I'm so tired of the garbage grocery store tomatoes.

Wow, very cool!

We've been conditioned to accept pink ham. We've been conditioned to NOT accept pink chicken or pork. I'd probably have to show documented thermometer readings to prove it was safe. At least thermometer readings would work for this, I had a few upturned noses when I first SV cooked chicken and pork.

I love how it looks like the tiles are leather.

You're going to have to go vertical if you want to build a bigger one

That looks really cool! I've been thinking about cold smoking some cheese and pastrami. Trying to figure out some kind of rig to build using both of my kamados. This would simplify things a lot!

I like em sous vide, too. But more often than not, I just make them on the grill. I cooked boneless, skinless chicken breast twice last week. The first time, I did about 375 - 400 and cooked them on the top grate. 4 minutes then flip, 4 more and flip, 4 more and flip then check IT. They came out good, but didn't have as much color or char on them, especially for my wife who likes them a little burnt around the edges. So, the second time I cooked them, I used the middle grate, same temperature, and reduced my times to 3, 3, and 3. The grill marks were much more defined and overall the color was much more bronze than when I used the top grate. My wife was happy even though I didn't burn one for her We also marinated them for about 30 minutes in some buttermilk.

Toilet shims work great - http://www.homedepot.com/p/DANCO-Plastic-Toilet-Shims-4-Pack-9DD0088523/202305811 I stuffed one under the downhill side of each wheel then gently tapped them under towards the wheel to make sure they were set in place. Any shim would work, but since these are plastic, I don't have to worry about them rotting like wood. I know HD also sells some composite shims, but they are longer and more expensive.

I saw this, too. I make a double batch of yogurt ever other weekend. Gives us enough for 2 weeks worth of smoothies and it's about 1/4 the price of buying the yogurt.

I consider myself lucky if Walmart has blue cheese in the gourmet cheese case here. "Shredded Cheddar" is the answer to any cheese question here.

Damnit! I was going to do a pizza fatty! Nicely done, Bosco!

I've never seen cheese curds sold in a store. About 2 years ago, I found a pre-packaged poutine (frozen fries, a package of gravy, and a package of cheese curds), I believe it was in Trader Joes. I've looked a few times since and haven't seen it again. The fries weren't good and the gravy was worse... but the cheese curds were pretty good.

Great idea, Charles! Wait... I mean... I saw nothing.....

It reads about 12-degrees low on the boil test. Here are some new pictures of the KK in the sun. These are straight out of the camera - except I reduced them in GIMP. I'm terrible with photo editing, so I didn't even try. One of these days, I'll learn it. Slightly different angle changes the color. I probably moved 6 inches to the right for this one. And back in their 'normal' state

Make sure you have the sub-forum set to sort by Recently Updated and it should do that. The sort buttons are right above the top post in a dark grey bar.

Not yet, but I will. It was 5 bucks, so I'm thinking I won't rely heavily on it either way. ETA - the stem doesn't even make it to the indie of the grill. I think it should still work okay.

Nothing but the best for my KK

Thanks all! I know I'll figure out the temps. The end product came out good, it just wasn't the best way to get there. It was a pretty hectic night. I got home late, the pork wasn't fully thawed, my wife was in bed sick - I'm surprised I got anything cooked

I reference a few different SV temperature charts. Please add any that you have. ChefSteps All meats Egg Calculator Sous Vide Supreme Purdy Serious Eats Beef Chicken breasts Chicken Thighs Sausages Pork Ribs Hamburgers Turkey Douglas Baldwin (lots of scrolling with this one) There are plenty more out there. One issue is that there's very little agreement between the sources. I use them as a reference - pick 2 or 3, compare their settings, and shoot for an average to start. From there, I may tweak the temperature a bit for the next cook. I need to start keeping my own notes so that I can track what we like best.

2nd cook - pork tenderloin with pineapple habanero sauce. I was all over the place with this one. The thin tenderloin was way over, but still was pretty good (that's the one plated below). The larger one came out good. My cooking temps were a disaster. I was in too big of a hurry. It'll be nice to spend a day and learn rather than trying to figure it out in the dark with everyone waiting to eat. Here it is plated with some leftover broccoli rice casserole

Yes. I've asked Dennis to send me a dome thermo. My cover is on order, so maybe he can package it with that.

Got it, thanks! I'll plan something else for the post burn in cook. I have the KJ pizza stone which is pretty good, but to be safe, I'll just wait till my baking stone gets here. It's likely the family would have veto'd the pizzas anyway They don't let me cook them as often as I'd like to. lol

I'm hoping to do my burn in this weekend and thought it would be a good opportunity to cook some pizzas. What is your setup for pizza cooks? I have a baking stone on the way, but I don't think it will be here in time. I was thinking about putting the deflector on top of the top grate (with the top grate on top of the main grate). Would it work like that? Or, do I need to top that deflector with some spacers and use my pizza stone on top of those? Setup A (top to bottom): Pizza Deflector Top Grate Main Grate or Setup B (top to bottom): Pizza Pizza Stone Spacers Deflector Top Grate Main Grate Thanks!

@ Tony b - I saw that one too. Home Depot has it for about half the price. Looks like you have to do a Ship to Store: http://www.homedepot.com/p/Klein-Tools-Journeyman-5-mm-Hex-Ball-End-6-in-T-Handle-JTH6M5BE/203195210